Flight catering unit for Mangalore International Airport inaugurated at Kenjar

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February 11, 2014

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Mangalore, Feb 11: Mangalore's first exclusive flight catering facility - Casino Air Caterers and Flight Services (CAFS) – was inaugurated at Kenjar near Mangalore International Airport on Tuesday, to cater to flights departing from the airport.

The flight catering unit was inaugurated by Airport director J T Radhakrishnan at Kenjar close to the airport.

The unit began its catering operations on Tuesday for Jet Airways flights bound to Mumbai. It currently caters to domestic flights of Jet Airways departing from Mangalore.

Speaking after the inauguration, CAFS Chief Executive Officer George Dominic said that the exclusive flight catering facility was a major step in taking civil aviation in Mangalore to the next level. CAFS is a subsidiary of CGH Earth – a leading chain of hotels in South India. The newly-inaugurated flight catering unit in Mangalore is the fourth unit established by CAFS and its second venture in Karnataka. Every international airport needs to have a facility dedicated to catering fresh food to airlines, he said.

He said that the security of the flight and its passengers was critical, and hence all security measures would be employed to ensure this. Until the food is loaded on the aircraft, it is constantly tested in the facility, he said.

Airport director Mr Radhakrishnan said that the new flight catering facility would attract more airlines to operate in Mangalore in the future. It will also enable international airlines to start their operations in Mangalore as they require food from certified catering units. This will be the trend in the future, he said.

He said that the proximity of the catering unit to the airport was an added benefit since the freshness of the food would be maintained.

Manager of CAFS, Mangalore Francis Aranha said that the production capacity of the catering facility was 4,000 meals on an average per day, while its current production was 500 meals per day approximately.

The facility had an operations area and food processing area with a staff kitchen, hot kitchen, storage units, stores chiller and freezer, blast chiller, finished product chiller, holding chiller and loading bays.

CAFS - Chief Operating Officer V B Rajan, vice president G Premnath, Air India Express station manager Nagesh Shetty and Jet Airways station manager Gladwin were present.

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Tuesday, 2 Oct 2018

Haha..some of the pointa on that list are really funny

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Bengaluru, May 26: The Karnataka government has decided cancel summer vacation for undergraduate and post-graduate students and universities during the 2020-21 academic year in the wake of severe academic loss due to COVID-19 lockdown.

Keeping in mind the loss of academic days due to the lockdown to contain the pandemic, the Higher Education Department has decided to go in for ‘Zero Vacation’. 

The state government decided to cancel all holidays particularly the summer holidays after holding a series of meetings with the Vice Chancellors and other academicians from various parts of the state.

The decision was also communicated during the review meeting of the Higher Education Department held by CM Yediyurappa on Tuesday in Bengaluru.

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Kannur, Jun 21: Customs sleuths on Sunday seized 432 grams of gold worth around Rs 20 lakh from a passenger who arrived at Kannur International Airport from Dubai in Fly Dubai flight, scheduled under Vande Bharat Mission.

Customs Assistant Commissioner E Vikas-led team seized the smuggled gold from the passenger Usman of Malappuram district and detained him, sources said.

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June 28,2020

Mangaluru, June 28: In his apparent bid to win the hearts of the people of Tulu Nadu while leaving this coastal city, Dr P S Harsha, the outgoing Mangaluru city police commissioner, today took to social media and thanked the people. The language he chose for his prolonged Facebook post and one paragraph tweet was Tulu.

“Loveable people of Kudla! I have received the transfer order after serving as the Commissioner of Police of Mangaluru City for 11 months. (During this period) I worked with utmost honesty and pro-people approach with the complete cooperation of my department. I wholeheartedly thank all those who supported me,” tweeted Dr Harsha, who is now posted in Bengaluru as the Deputy Inspector General and Commissioner of Information and Public Relations.

In his Facebook post, Dr Harsha claimed that thanks to his initiative “My Beat My Pride”, the policing in the coastal city has strengthened. 

“My only intention was to put an end to rowdyism and illegal activities. I had given priority to curb the drug mafia. ‘My Beat My Pride’ became a successful initiative thanks to public support,” he said. 

The IPS officer went on to claim that with the with the co-operation of the senior officers, the police department managed to efficiently handle situations during anti-CAA and pro-CAA agitations in the city, detection of explosives at Mangaluru International Airport and also during the covid-19 pandemic. 

However, he did not mention about the death of two people in random police firing following a baton charge during anti-CAA protests in the city on December 19.

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Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020

power is not permenant. 2 innocents were killed in mangalore,  if it was in USA the cop would have been in jail.

 

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